Kinmount Gazette ·  · 2009-06-15a very famous ballad titled the “Ballad of Kinmont Wil-lie”. ... Plans to restore the sawmill. „Twould bring further re-nown. ... death of

district home of the Kin-

mount estate. In the earliest

records of land agent Richard

Hughes, the spot where the

Bobcaygeon Road crossed

the Burnt River was referred

to as Burnt River Station. But

when the settlement acquired

an official Post Office on

April 1, 1859, the term Kin-

mount was used. Don‟t be-

lieve these theories? Just

google the name Kinmount

and see how many Kin-

mounts there are all over the

English-speaking world. And

not all of them have hills!

So if anyone insists on using

the degrading comment on

the origin of kinmount, just

remind them the village is

named after an estate or a

famous piece of English lit-

erature. What other towns

can claim that title?

There are several theories

roaming around about the

origin of the name Kinmount.

The story about the earliest

settlers exclaiming “I kin

mount these hills” is totally

false. It is true the first set-

tlers were Scottish, but the

village was not named for

their dialect, but rather for

their intellect! There are 2

prominent “kinmounts” in

Scotland. An estate in Dum-

fires-shire Scotland named

Kinmount has existed since

the 1200s. The second related

use of the term is found in the

“title” of a famous character

from Scottish history, Kin-

mont Willie Armstrong. Sir

Walter Scott, arguably the

most famous Scottish writer

Robbie Burns included, wrote

a very famous ballad titled

the “Ballad of Kinmont Wil-

lie”. Any well educated

Scotsman would be quite

familiar with the poem, if not

the estate.

And who might this well-

educated Scotsman be? Both

John Hunter & Mrs. Thomas

Baker could fit the bill. But

local legend has fingered Mrs

Malcolm Bell, a native of

Annandale in Scotland, the

How Kinmount Got Its Name

The Story of Kinmount House, Scotland

In Scotland, the original Kin-

mount is not a village, but a

country estate. It consists

solely of a mansion-house

called Kinmount House.

Sometimes it is incorrectly

called Kinmount Castle, but

the name is purely romantic.

The Kinmount Estate was

granted to the famous Doug-

las family in the 1700s. The

original grant was 2,000

acres. In 1812, the fifth Mar-

quis of Queensberry built the

present manor house in what

is called the “severe classical

style”.

Kinmount House is located in

Western Scotland in Dum-

fires Shire, in the Annan

River Valley. The estate is

now a private hotel or luxuri-

ous Bed & Breakfast. You

can rent a suite in the manor

house or a servant‟s cottage

starting at $350 a day.

Mainstreet Kinmount, 1913

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EDITORIAL 11

Inside this issue:

April 1, 2009

K I N M O U N T 1 5 0 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y C O M M I T T E E

Kinmount Gazette

But for a while.

Plagued by hardship they fled

From life led Kinmount style.

Enter Boom Time‟s arrival

Via iron horse - the railway.

Hence, Kinmount the hub,

Thought prosperity to stay.

Commenced Kinmount Fair,

Famous now far and wide.

Like precious jewels

This begot Kinmount pride.

While pioneer women toiled

From morning till night

Lumberjacks pursued tall

pines,

Mighty and white.

Sawmills and farmers,

Merchants and mines,

The settlement flourished

In splendour divine.

But then fate took its toll

In this thriving town.

With the fire of 1890

Most of Main Street burnt

down.

Rebuilt, Kinmount suffered

“The Great Flood” as it‟s

known.

Tough residents recovered

For Kinmount was home.

Then struck The Great De-

pression

And Great Fire of ‟42

Kinmount‟s face changed

forever

But its folks carried through.

Surviving these disasters

Reigns the town railway sta-

tion.

Spared from oblivion

With no complication.

In the Great World Wars

Some Kinmount lads were

lost.

Stands the Cenotaph in town

To remind us of the cost.

More changes took place.

Gone mills, mines, train and

school.

Again, Kinmount survived

According to rule.

Today‟s Kinmount boasts

spirit.

„Tis quite easily found.

Though a small population

Enthusiasm abounds.

Hail service clubs and

churches,

Businesses and volunteers

For unflagging passion

To Kinmount – three cheers!

Museums, theatres, park,

Health Centre, arena too.

Good people of Kinmount

Made these things come true.

Artisans and farmers markets

Take us back to our roots.

„Twas townsfolk that planted

The seeds of these fruits.

Still forges a blacksmith

In the heart of town.

Plans to restore the sawmill.

„Twould bring further re-

nown.

A parade of events

Held throughout every year.

Demonstrated devotion

For Kinmount lives here.

Dare ye capture this fever?

Become part of rich history?

Celebration Time‟s here!

Kinmount‟s Anniversary.

Honour memories and mile-

stones.

Embrace both old and new.

Let the party begin!

Time for Kinmount‟s review.

On the banks of Burnt River,

This tale yet unfolds…

Happy Birthday dear Kin-

mount,

150 years old!

Cultural Corner

Lynne Kilby

On the banks of Burnt River,

This story begins,

With the settlement of Kin-

mount,

A place on the fringe.

Many boundaries met Kin-

mount

Back in 1859.

Yet today still the same,

Some things don‟t change

with time.

To land of sparkling waters,

And fragrant forests so thick,

Pioneers traversed new roads

Their land soon to pick.

Aye, Kinmount, Scotland

From where came its name.

Home of “Kinmount Willie”

Of notorious border fame.

Pioneer‟s sturdy will

Formed a lasting foundation.

„Twould see Kinmount sus-

tained

In succeeding generations.

„Twas the Post Office open-

ing,

Brought Kinmount identity.

For it symbolized growth,

A sure sign of amenity.

Came a colony of Icelanders,

INTERESTING

FACT

KINMOUNT IS THE

MOVIE CAPITAL

OF CANADA—

500 PEOPLE: 5

SCREENS

Ballad of Kinmount: A Tribute to Kinmount’s Sesquicentennial Anniversary

Page 2

Kinmount Gazette

From left to right, Kinmount House from the air; the Manor

House from the front.

Kinmount Connections

Neighbours and Friends

His disasters aside, he was

feted at war‟s end for his role

in the victory of the British

Empire over

the Boers of

South Af-

rica. In the

long tradi-

tion of nam-

ing places

after Eng-

lish heroes,

Lutterworth

Township

named its

newest set-

tlement

Buller.

Next Week: Dongola!

The Buller settlement is lo-

cated west of Davis Lake and

East of the Gull River in Lut-

terworth Township. Access

came primarily from the

Monck Road to the south, but

roads also led to Davis Lake

and Miner‟s Bay. The settle-

ment was closer to Norland

than Kinmount, but the rail-

way drew residents into the

latter town. Buller was the

name of a famous British

General in the Boer War

(1899-1902). General Buller

had a great career going in the

British Army until he was

humiliated in the Boer War.

Page 3

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Part II of the origins of the

name Kinmount deals with a

poem by the famous Scottish

writer, Sir Walter Scott. The

border between Scotland &

England has a long and sto-

ried history. For centuries,

bandits called “reivers” raided

across the borders, carrying

off anything of value and gen-

erally disrupting everyday

life. The border history is full

of raids, harryings and inva-

sions, large & small. The bor-

der area is also the place of

heroes, legends and the occa-

sional „tall tale‟. The border

wars were at their height dur-

ing the 1500s and ended

abruptly in 1603 when King

James of Scotland inherited

the English throne on the

death of his cousin, Queen

Elizabeth. What was once

perfectly acceptable harrying

of the enemy now became

common brigandage.

And one of the most legen-

dary of these border reviers

was a cattle-thief named Kin-

mont Willie Armstrong. Kin-

mont Willie was legendary

for the size and ferocity of his

raids into England, but also

for his longevity on the job.

Border reviering was a haz-

ardous job, what with the

English army always trying to

cut short your career. In a

typical raid, he led 300 reviers

and carried off 1,300 cattle,

60 horses, 2,000 in spoils,

burnt 60 houses and killed 10

men. No wonder the English

wanted him “out of business”.

But even among thieves,

there is a code or conduct and

“rules” were important among

the border reviers of both

sides. Every year, the border

wardens held a “truce day” to

discuss issues, and they had

plenty! The presence of the

affore-mentioned Kinmont

Willie at the 1596 meeting

thoroughly enraged the Eng-

lish Warden. Waiting until the

meeting had broken up, the

English ambushed and cap-

tured Kinmont Willie on his

way home. This was defi-

nitely against the rules, and in

turn infuriated the Scots. Wil-

lie was taken to Carlisle Cas-

tle, the strongest English for-

tress and held for trial on

„numerous‟ charges. No

amount of protesting by the

Scottish Warden, ironically

another Sir Walter Scott,

could win the release of Kin-

mont Willie. It looked like the

most famous of reviers was

headed to an appointment

with the gallows.

But what comes around, goes

around and Scott decided to

liberate Willie from his jail.

Several hundred crack reviers

were assembled to spring

Willie from Carlisle Castle.

With „inside help‟, the daring

mission succeeded and Willie

was wisked off back home

into Scotland. The English

were enraged in turn while the

Scotch balladeers sang the

praises of their daring compa-

triots. Kinmont Willie lived to

revie another day, eventually

dieing in his bed. And 200

years later, his legend was set

to poetry by the famous bor-

der balladeer, Sir Walter

Scott. Not a bad tale!

The Story of Kinmount Willie

Page 4

KINMONT WILLIE

ARMSTRONG WAS

THE MOST FAMOUS

OF THE BORDER

REIVERS (CATTLE

THIEVES) IN

SCOTLAND

Happy A

nn

iversa

ry K

inm

oun

t!

Kinmount Gazette

Anniversary Special:

Commission 3.5%

The ultimate acknowledge-

ment of every settlement in

Canada was the establishment

of a Post Office. It marked

the official government recog-

nition a place now existed and

it gave that settlement a

name! In the 1800s, Post of-

fices were granted to many

small settlements upon re-

quest. There were no Rural

Routes, and difficulty in

transportation meant the Post

office moved as close as prac-

tical to the actual settlers.

The earliest mail deliveries

came by stagecoach up the

Bobcaygeon Road. A part of

the local postmaster‟s job was

hauling the mail from Kin-

mount back to the rural post

offices, usually 2 or 3 times a

week. The arrival of the rail-

way further cemented Kin-

mount as a mail depot (and

increased the speed of mail

delivery!).

In pioneer times, the Post

Office was simply a corner of

the Postmaster‟s House or a

department of a local store if

one existed. In the smaller

settlements & villages, there

were no true post office build-

ings until the mid 1900s. Kin-

mount‟s first “official” Post

Office building was opened in

1970.

Over time, the number of ru-

ral Post Offices declined as

people moved away from the

backwoods settlements and

the Rural Route was estab-

lished. The mailbox replaced

the trip to the Postmaster‟s

home, for better or worse!

The times they were a chang-

ing (for better or worse!).

The earliest 6 Postmasters all

were businessmen on the

Main Street. Evidently, the

post office went with the busi-

ness! Bill Mark was a WW I

veteran who was recalled to

training duty during WW II.

In his absence, his wife Nell

& son Keith “filled in” as

Postmasters, until the “Major”

returned.

George Train had the Post

Office as part of his Station-

ary, Book Store right at the

corner of the bridge. Bill

Mark moved the Post

Office across the street

to the Hopkins &

Marks Department

Store. After the Great

Fire of 1942, the Post

office relocated in the Stone

“Grocery” store now the

Freshmart. In 1970, a new

Post Office building was built

on its present site: the first

time a separate building

housed this service. There it

remains to this day.

History of the Post Offices

Page 5

Settlement Date established Date terminated

Kinmount April 1, 1859 Still open!

Burnt River 1873 still open

Silver Lake 1859 1927

Galena Hill 1859 1871

Union Creek 1908 1952

Ewan 1894 1945

Fortescue 1891 1946

Irondale 1874 still open

Furnace Falls 1883 1967

Gelert 1879 1969

Minden April 1, 1859 still open

Miner’s Bay 1908 1960

Moore’s Falls 1878 1901

Norland 1862 still open

Dongola 1900 ???

Buller 1900 ???

John Hunter 1859 – 1871

Ralph Switzer 1871 – 1873

Charles Moffat 1873 – 1879

Alexander MacArthur 1879 – 1883

James Wilson 1883 – 1894

George Train 1894 – 1933

Wilfrid (Bill) Mark 1934 – 1940

Nell Mark 1940 - 1941

Keith Mark 1941 – 1944

Wilfrid (Bill) Mark 1944 – 1962

Bertha Stata 1962 – 1971

Bill Pearson 1971 – 1974

George Sundberg 1974

Jane Rolfe 1974 – 1996

Doug Burley 1998 – 1999

Sandra Cole 1999 – present

Kinmount Postmasters

Kinmount Gazette

Come and visit us on the lower

level of the

Kinmount Community Centre!

Open weekends

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Happy Anniversary Kinmount!

Hugenia (MacArthur) Ross

relates her memories of Kin-

mount as a young girl in an

American newspaper.

“Mrs B J Ross knows a lot of

early Kansas history, for she

has spent 70 years in this

state. But there are earlier,

happier memories which Mrs

Ross likes to relive.

They centre about a Scotch

community in Canada-

Kinmont, in Ontario. Mrs

Ross, who was then known as

the youngest of 11 MacArthur

children, lived in Kinmont

until she was 13.

Kinmont was a logging com-

munity, she recalls, and in the

fall the men came from all

over Canada to haul the logs

from the forests to the rivers

where they were placed in

readiness for the spring flood.

No railroads had been built in

that part of the country, so the

rivers were the only means of

transportation for the huge

logs. Each log was branded

like cattle and when the ice

melted, they started their long

trip down the stream.

“I remember seeing the river

so full of logs I couldn‟t see

any water. It was important to

keep the logs all parallel so

they would move easily

downstream, so there would

be shantymen stationed all

along the river. When logs

would start to jam, one of the

expert shantymen would have

to skip across the river, step-

ping quickly from one float-

ing log to another, then use

his long pike pole to break up

the jam and get the logs

straight again. It was an excit-

ing business and a very dan-

gerous one.”

Each shanty crew had its own

cook, and Mrs Ross well re-

members the delectable food

one of the chefs concocted. “I

remember standing with my

next older sister, watching

him bake bread in big round

kettles. They were the most

beautiful loaves I ever saw.

He also made what we called

fried cakes, which were about

a foot long, and while we

stood watching him, he of-

fered us each one of the

cakes, and they were deli-

cious.”

“There was an old wooden

bridge over the Burnt River

near our home, and we

walked across it to school

each day,” Mrs Ross recalls.

On it was carved this poem,

which intimates a bit of the

romance of the times:

“Here‟s to the wind that

blows and blows,

Here‟s to the boys that wear

rough clothes,

Here‟s to the girl who will

leap with joy

To grasp the hand of a shanty

boy.”

The MacArthur family were

among the earliest settlers in

the village of Kinmount. Dun-

can MacArthur came from

Glengarry County in Eastern

Ontario following the lumber

industry. The family is listed

on the Presbyterian “parish”

role by 1864. The MacArthur

house sat high on the hill at

the end of Crego St. They

farmed on Lot 2, Concession

14 of Somerville. Wilson

Avenue was the east bound-

ary of their farm. The school

referred to was situated where

the Legion currently sits.

Duncan MacArthur was a

“shantyman” himself and in

the spring of 1869 died break-

ing a log jam on the Burnt

River. He left a widow and 10

children, including Hugenia.

The MacArthur boys joined

the “Kansas land rush” in the

1870s along with the Clark &

Cameron families from Kin-

mount. One son, Alexander,

served as postmaster from

1879 to 1883 when the last of

the family moved to Kansas.

Another MacArthur girl, Vic-

toria or “Aunt Vic” , became

a medical doctor in Kansas

and eventually a missionary

in slums of India. Her obitu-

ary gives a sample of the Kin-

mount gal‟s experiences:

MacArthur Family: Memories of Kinmount in the Early Days

Page 6

“The hospital (at Kolhapur)

was under Miss MacArthur‟s

personal charge for over 25

years, and except for native

servants, she had but 1 assis-

tant and a chemist as her only

help in the handling of thou-

sands of cases. Groups of 20

could be cared for at one time.

Dr MacArthur had many

times visited outlying dis-

tricts, going by the primitive

native carts, with bullocks as

motive power, and always and

ever was the fight against

ignorance and superstition”

In 1935, Dr Victoria Ellen

MacArthur was awarded the

Kalsar-i-Hind award for

“works of mercy” by King

George V. Evidently, she

never gave up her Canadian

citizenship. Not bad for a lit-

tle girl from the hills of Kin-

mount!

Kinmount Gazette

This site was one of the first

settled in Kinmount and defi-

nitely the first business site in

the community. John Hunter

was the first owner of the

property in the late 1858 and

was the founder of Kinmount.

He owned the mill and, on

this site, he had an inn-cum-

tavern-cum-store. In 1872,

Hunter sold all his holdings,

including the mill, to William

Cluxton and moved to Los

Angeles. When the Victoria

Railway arrived in the village

in 1874, Cluxton had his

property laid out into building

lots and did very nicely. He

also gave his name to the

street outside the front door.

The front two-thirds of this

house was built around the

turn of the century by Michael

Mansfield, who with his

brother, had a hotel and an old

fashioned general store down

on the main street. The next

owner, Fred Dettman, added

on the back one-third of the

house.

The Dettmans were also inn

keepers and tavern owners,

and dabbled in the sawmill

business as well. They had the

Dunbar House on the main

street (which stood on the site

of the present post office)

until the Local Option vote

brought in prohibition in 1908

and all the tavern keepers

went bankrupt. Obviously that

wasn't the end of Dettman‟s

success, because he owned

the house until 1942.

1942 was the year of the

Great Fire in Kinmount, when

most of the villages' hand-

some main street was rav-

aged. Among the people who

lost their businesses were the

Butts, Harry and Ethel, who

ran one of the hotels. Instead

of rebuilding, they bought

Fred Dettman‟s big house on

the hill. In addition to provid-

ing a home for their family of

three girls and a boy, they ran

it as a boarding house or

small hotel, including among

their clientele the school

teachers of the day. There was

a piano in the parlour and

always a fire in the fireplace.

Harry and Ethel stayed in the

house after their children

Local Sites: Kinmount House Bed and Breakfast

Page 7

grew up and moved away.

After Ethel died Harry lived

on here for another 12 years,

occupying only the down-

stairs rooms, until he was no

longer able to care for himself

and went to a nursing home.

The vacant house was put up

for sale and it stayed that way

for two or three years, until

one day in 1985 when Patrick

Healey came riding by on his

motorcycle. And now, thanks

to him Kinmount House is

once again a place of warmth

where people gather, with a

piano in the parlour and a fire

in the fireplace.

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its namesake in Scotland.

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I like the movies and I like

because Kinmount has no

litter because we clean it up

and half of the time the peo-

ple put the litter in the gar-

bage. Happy Birthday Kin-

mount!

My name is Alanna Hubbell

and I am 6 years old.

The best things I like about

Kinmount is the Fair and my

friends. I like going to the

hall for Girl Guides and Gate-

way. I like living in Kin-

mount because I like doing

stuff at Girl Guides. Happy

Birthday Kinmount!

My name is Annabelle

Cloutier-Austin and I am 7 ½

years old. Lots of my family

members live in Kinmount.

First of all I like all of Kin-

mount‟s history since the

flood to the fire to now. Also

I like the train station which is

one of the only buildings still

standing through the flood

and fire. That‟s so interest-

ing. I also like going to

Brownies, playing at the park,

going to the movies plus the

Fair. I like my house and my

friends who always play with

me and my family. I love

skating and tobogganing and

skating at the arena and swim-

ming at the Kinmount River.

I have lived in Kinmount my

whole life and always will.

Happy 150th Birthday Kin-

mount! I love Kinmount!

I am Cameryn Shaw from

Kinmount, Ontario. I am in

grade 3 and I am 8 years old.

I go to Ridgewood P.S. and I

love Kinmount!

I like Kinmount because I

love to go to the Fair. It

rocks! It is so much fun. I go

to it every year. Kinmount

Rocks! Happy Birthday Kin-

mount!

My name is Shelby Dimmer

and I am a Girl Guide and I

live in Kinmount and I am 12

years old.

I like Kinmount because its

fun! There‟s a movie theatre

so I can watch movies. And

the grocery store because it

has a lot of food I like. And I

like how Kinmount has Girl

Guides. I like how my family

lives in Kinmount because it

is a blast and I like the park.

Happy Birthday Kinmount!

My name is Amelia Austin

and I am 5 years old. My

favourite colour is red. I have

2 sisters and 1 brother and I

live in Kinmount and I love

it! I love Kinmount.

What I Like About Kinmount!

Page 8

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Kinmount? Send your sub-

missions to the editor at

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Things Pioneers Missed

1. You need no coal, you

need no wood, to have fire

hot and good.

2. Though pens and pen-

cils flee away you now can

write with no paper each

day.

3. A thing of wheels and

frightful noise that scares

the dog and pleases boys.

4. A whirring sound and off

it flies to sweep cob-webs

from the skies.

5. It's fastened to a wire

you may press with out a

fire.

6. It's daily help we cannot

measure

used for business and for

pleasure.

Answers page 10

Gateway Variety and Video

Video Rentals and Sales

Books and Gifts

Coffee * Muffins

Sandwiches * Salads

Daily Specials

Scooped Ice Cream

Frozen Yogurt

Slushies

Fudge * Brittle * Candy

Much Much More Than A Variety Store!

Happy Anniversary Kinmount!!!

What‟s in a name? Some-

times, it‟s something very

meaningful. When pondering

just what to call this column,

a spark ignited in my mind

that blazed the trail to the

perfect name.

Many of you will remember

my father-in-law, Norm Sil-

ver, who passed away in Feb-

ruary 2008. Norm lived in

Kinmount his entire life, other

than his years in the service

during World War II and a

reluctant move to Lindsay

about 6 years ago. Home is

where the heart is and Norm‟s

heart belonged to Kinmount.

Norm loved to create nick-

names for people and places.

The Hot Stove Leak was his

nickname for the Kinvale

Restaurant, a place he fre-

quented for years along with

many locals to “hear the

news.” Therefore, in Norm‟s

honour, I am delighted to ex-

tend to you a very warm wel-

come to The Hot Stove Leak!

This is your place, your ele-

ment in your own little corner

of the world, to keep the

home fire burning by sharing

tidbits, news and event infor-

mation. Please be sure to

contact me at (705) 488-2919

or [email protected]

whenever kindled by some-

thing that strikes you

as noteworthy.

This is also your

place to keep updated

on the sizzling med-

ley of activities

planned in celebration

of Kinmount‟s 150th

birthday. Thanks for

dropping in to our

warm, cozy spot.

Hope you enjoy your stay at

The Hot Stove Leak.

BECOME A PART OF

HISTORY

You are invited to become a

part of history at the official

kick off celebration of Kin-

mount‟s Sesquicentennial

Anniversary, Wednesday,

April 1 at 11:00 a.m. at Kin-

mount Post Office. This date

marks the day Kinmount was

officially recognized as a des-

tination with the opening of

its first post office. Come

enjoy cake, refreshments and

more!

KINMOUNT CONNEC-

TION SPAGHETTI DIN-

NER & LOONIE AUC-

TION

Make sure to grab advance

tickets for the “Kinmount

Connection Spaghetti Dinner

& Loonie Auction” taking

place Saturday, April 4 at

Kinmount Legion. Happy

hour 5:30 p.m., dinner 6:30

p.m., auction to follow.

Don‟t‟ miss out on this event.

Tickets cost $10 and are

available from committee

members or by calling me at

488-2919. Proceeds will aid

in funding the Kinmount Ga-

zette and other Anniversary

Celebrations.

MORE ANNIVERSARY

CELEBRATIONS

Mark your calendar now, for

a festival of Anniversary

Celebrations taking place

each day, July 24 through

August 3. More to follow…

KINMOUNT ANNIVER-

SARY COMMITTEE

GIVES THANKS

Special thanks to all support-

ers of The Kinmount Gazette.

This publication would not be

possible without your sup-

port!

A TRIBUTE TO KIN-

MOUNT COMING SOON

As a special tribute to com-

memorate our 150th anniver-

sary year, a mural by local

artist Brenda Mulholland, will

soon beautify our downtown

core on the south side of the

Post Office building.

LEGION DONATES TO

KINMOUNT DISTRICT

The Hot Stove Leak by Lynne Kilby

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HEALTH CENTRE

On behalf of the Royal Cana-

dian Legion Ontario Com-

mand Charitable Foundation,

on March 17, President Mary

Lou Bales of Branch 441,

along with Bernice Owens,

Ladies Auxiliary Zone Com-

mander and Joe Kelly, Zone

Commander District F4,

proudly presented a donation

of $4,600 to Kinmount Dis-

trict Health Centre. Kin-

mount Legion is a great place

to meet new friends and have

fun while supporting your

community at the same time.

It offers a variety of activities

including dart leagues, shuf-

fleboard and bingo. To make

an enquiry, contact the Legion

at 488-3462.

KINMOUNT ARTISANS

MARKETPLACE

This year also marks the 10th

anniversary of the Kinmount

Artisans Marketplace. Those

who have never ventured into

the marketplace should dare

to check out this gem on your

doorstep, which offers an

amazing variety of unique,

quality hand crafted items,

just perfect for treating your

Continued on page 10

Accounting

Bookkeeping

Government Remittances

Payroll

Personal Tax Returns

P.O.S. System Set-up

Small Business Set-up

All at REASONABLE RATES

BCH Tax Preparation

3235 County Road 121 R.R. #2 Burnt River ON

K0M 1C0

Barry Heaton

Phone 705-488-2228 Mobile 705-340-3942

Fax 705-488-3160 [email protected]

Kinmount Gazette

yourself or for your gift giv-

ing pleasure. The market-

place is located on the lower

level of the Kinmount Com-

munity Centre. Current hours

of operation are Fridays, Sat-

urdays and Sundays from

10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Visit

kinmountartisans.ca

for more information.

HIGHLANDS CINEMAS

CELEBRATES 30TH YEAR

Highlands Cinemas and

Movie Museum re-opens May

1. Visit highlandscine-

mas.com or call 488-2107 for

details.

GET YOUR GIRL GUIDE

COOKIES

Kinmount Sparks, Brownies

& Girl Guides are in the midst

of their Spring Classic Cookie

Campaign. When they come

knocking on your door, please

support the girls by treating

yourself to their delicious

cookies.

MORE UPCOMING

EVENTS

April 3 - Hop on over to

Easter Bingo, 6:45 p.m. at

the Royal Canadian Legion.

Win turkeys, hams and lots of

cash prizes!

April 9 - Kinmount Sen-

iors Group sponsors a

trip to Casino Rama. The

bus leaves the legion parking

lot at 9:00 a.m. Enjoy a free

lunch while you are there.

Return time is 4:00 p.m. Bus

cost is $5.00. To reserve your

spot call Theresa at 488-1110.

April 15 - Friends of the Li-

brary Book Sale, 10:00 a.m. -

2:00 p.m., lower level of Kin-

mount Public Library. This

book lover‟s paradise contains

treasures waiting to be dis-

covered and at reasonable

prices too! Did you know a

drop box is located outside

the lower level where you

may donate books you no

longer want?

May 2 - Kinmount Annual

Pitch-In Day: Show your

pride in our town during our

anniversary year, by joining

in the spirit to give Kinmount

a spring facelift! The com-

munity is invited to meet at

Kinmount Railway Station at

9:00 a.m. to choose a route,

get supplies and help give

Kinmount a spring makeover!

Refreshments served on com-

pletion.

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

Ontario Early Years Mobile

Outreach Program: Full pre

-school program at Kinmount

Community Centre, Mondays

from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Call 324-7900 for info.

Sparks, Brownies, Guides &

Pathfinders: Girls meet

Monday nights for fun & ad-

venture from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00

p.m. at Kinmount Community

Centre. For information call

488-2919.

Seniors Cards: Pot luck

lunch at 12:30 p.m. on Mon-

days followed by bid euchre

at 1:00 p.m. and euchre

Wednesday evenings at 7:00

p.m. upstairs at the Royal

Canadian Legion.

Exercise Classes for “49 &

holding” at Kinmount Com-

The Hot Stove Leak cont...

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Kinmount Gazette

Things Pioneers Missed Answers from Riddles

page 8

1. Stove

2. computer 3. motorcycle

4. airplane

5. Iron

6. auto

munity Centre. Drop in

Tuesday & Thursday morn-

ings from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00

a.m. Contact Janet at 488-

2630 for info.

Kinmount Playschool:

Enjoy crafts, snack, story

and playtime. Wednesday

mornings 10:00 a.m. - noon

at Kinmount Community

Centre. Call 488-1362 for

more info.

Community Care Adult

Day Program: Every

Wednesday from 9:00 a.m.

to 4:00 p.m. at Burnt River

Community Centre. For

more information call 340-

3278.

Kinmount Public Library:

Preschool Storytime and

Craft every Thursday at

10:30 a.m.

Weekly Bingo: Try your

luck Friday nights at 6:45

p.m. at the Royal Canadian

Legion.

Kinmount

For all your grocery needs

Owners

Tom and Sue Lang

Open 7 Days a Week!

Main Street

Any businesses or individuals

that would like to purchase a

spot in upcoming Gazettes, feel

free to use the above contacts.

The Gazette is a keep-sake paper

or a snapshot in time, so you are

buying into History, not just a

newspaper.

The first edition of the Kin-

mount Gazette will be mailed,

but other editions will be avail-

able free of charge at the follow-

ing locations:

Kinmount Freshmart

Kinmount Laundromat

Austin Lumber

Kinmount Public Library

Gateway Variety

Burnt River Public Library

Artisan‟s Marketplace

Irondale General Store

Highlands Cinema

The residents of Kinmount and

area have much to be proud of in

our community. Let‟s get to-

gether and make 2009 a special

and fun year.

I hope you enjoy this first issue.

And stay tuned: there is lots yet

to come! GS

Happy Anniversary Kin-

mount! You are 150 years old

in 2009. The Kinmount Ses-

quicentennial committee is

planning many events, and

this newspaper is one of them.

The Kinmount Gazette will be

published every 2 weeks until

Thanksgiving. For 16 issues,

the Gazette will bring you a

wealth of information about

Kinmount and the surround-

ing area.

We, the publishers of this

paper, hope you enjoy our

little journal about the life and

times of the Kinmount area.

But we need your help! We

want you to send your photos,

your letters or your memories

to us. Got an old photo or a

“story” to tell, contact us.

Write a letter to the editor and

share some memories. Tell us

what you think about the

community! There is even

more history and tradition out

there and the Gazette wants to

hear from you. Anything that

relates to Kinnmount will be

accepted and utilized by the

Gazette.

Editorial

Guy Scott, Editor

R.R. #1

Kinmount, Ontario

K0M 2A0

Phone: 705-488-3182

E-mail:[email protected]

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www.kinmount.ca

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Spot the Shot

Each week we will feature a photo from

the Kinmount Area. We challenge you to

identify the spot.

Submissions of photos welcome. Please

submit to the editor via email with a de-

tailed description of the spot you have

captured.

Stay tuned for the answer in next week’s

edition.

Vic Spring

Happy Anniversary Kinmount!

Come and see us for all your

real estate needs.

Kinmount Gazette

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Flagstone Cap Rock Top Soil

Limestone Aggregates

Under New Management! Call 488-3030

Kinmount Farmers’ Market

Explore our market! Every Saturday, 9-2pm May 16

th – October 10

th.

Organic veggies, baked goods, honey, beef, lamb, maple syrup, unique crafts & much

At the Austin Sawmill Park - call 488-2612 for info

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